skilful
/ˈskɪlfəl/adjective
skilful is spelled S-K-I-L-F-U-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, skilful means “Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in skilful?
| Letters | 7: S-K-I-L-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skilful?
Skilful appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skilful?
- /ˈskɪlfəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-skilful.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skilful
- more skilful comparative
- most skilful superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skilful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).